Pasta in Red Sauce

Full written recipe for Homemade pasta with arrabbiata sauce
Prep time: 30-35 minutes
Cooking time: 45-50 minutes
Serves: 2-3 people
For fresh pasta

Ingredients:

• Refined flour 200 gm
• Salt 1/4th tsp
• Water 100-110 ml

Methods:

• In a large bowl add the refined flour along with the remaining ingredients & add water in batches.
• Once the flour comes together after mixing, cover it with a damp cloth & let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
• After the dough has rested, transfer it onto the kitchen platform & knead it well for 7-8 minutes, the texture of the dough should become smooth, cover it with a damp cloth & let it rest for half an hour again.
• Once the dough has rested divide it into 4 equal parts & form them into roundels.
• Further, place the roundel over a flat surface & roll it into a thin chapati using a rolling pin, keep dusting flour if it sticks to the rolling pin. Try to roll it thin and big as possible.
• Now dust little flour over the chapati and place another chapati, do this layering of either 3-4 chapati.
• Now use a sharp knife and trim the edges to make a large rectangle or square shape, now dust little more flour over the dough and fold it, make sure to do with light hands and do not press, now cut into 1 cm thick strips and cut carefully without the chapati or the layer sticking to each other.
• Now dust some more flour and with light hands try to separate the layers by pulling them lightly so they increase lengthwise.
• Your fresh fettucine pasta is ready, keep it covered with a moist cloth until you use it for making the pasta.

For arrabbiata sauce

Ingredients:

• Olive oil 2 tbsp
• Garlic 2 tbsp (chopped)
• Basil leaves a handful
• Red chilli flakes 1 tbsp
• Oregano 1 tbsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 tsp
• Fresh tomato puree of 5-6 medium size tomatoes
• Canned tomato puree 200 gm

Method:

• Set a pan on medium heat, add olive oil and heat it well, further add chopped garlic, stir & cook on medium heat.
• Now add 4-5 nos. of chopped basil leaves, and stir for a minute, now add red chilli flakes, oregano & kashmiri red chilli powder, stir & cook on low flame for few minutes.
• Now add the fresh tomato puree & the canned tomato puree, salt and sugar, stir well, cover & cook for 20-25 minutes. Make sure to stir in between while cooking the sauce. You can adjust the tanginess of the tomatoes by adding or reducing the amount of sugar.
• By the time sauce cooks you can put water for boiling in a stock pot, add salt and little oil to boil the freshly made pasta.
• As the sauce is almost cooked, roughly tare some more basil leaves with hands and add to the sauce, stir & cook for a minute. Your arrabbiata sauce is ready.
• Now as the water is also been boiling and the sauce is also ready, add the freshly made pasta in boiling water and cook for 4-5 minutes, as the pasta cooks add it in the sauce and mix lightly, but mix well so the sauce coats well.
• While mixing the pasta with the sauce, if it tends to dry up add little pasta water and cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Your fresh homemade fettucine pasta is ready to be served, serve it hot and garnish it with some parmesan cheese and some garlic bread on side.